Haunted Gulch Romance Ends In Explosive Night
In Ruddy Gulch a marriage at Huddy Gulch ends after a rival plots revenge using a rope and a hidden mine. The wedding couple Bobby Wilson and Dorothy Wert face danger as the assailant detonates a charge, destroying Hobby’s cabin and triggering a dramatic collapse watched by the camp. The event is described amid memories of the mining camp life and local lore.
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Bobby Wilson
Wilson
Gund Hope
Byron
Oak Canyon
Dorothy Wert
Parece
William George Johnson
Poe
Willem George
Leas
Willan
Beth
William George
Bobby
Dorothy
Buddy
Hobby
Jer Thelema
Uncle George
George
Bob
Dorothy T
New Use for Wheelbarrows In Indian Excavations
Mrs Zella Nuttall an archeologist orders iron wheelbarrows to speed Mexican digs. Indians abandon primitive litter and use the new wheels to haul earth, carrying loads while one handles the wheelbarrow and another the load. Decks Strawn with Dead Birds. Their decks strewn with dead song birds the steamers Moses Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zella Nuttall
Mexico
Moses Taylor
Infancy of Diamond Cutting Reveals 14th Century Breakthrough
The article traces diamond cutting origins to 14th century Europe with Louis van Berghem of Flanders credited for early technique using diamond tools. He polished a colossal diamond for Charles the Bold, which inspired lavish reward and a famous tale of the Nancy diamond named after the battlefield.
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Sail
Flanders
Louis van Berghem
France
Charles
Nancy
Vegetable Ivory finishes shine in polished vegetable art
A fragment describes a polished vegetable ivory piece with refined appearance, suggesting its likeness to finished plastic or bone. It highlights the material's smooth texture and aesthetic potential, implying skilled carving and final touches.
Port crews face dense smoke from upper lake voyage
Thomas Bartum and Hubert Fulton arrived after a smoky crossing from the upper lakes. The crews described days of creeping travel through smoke so thick it was hard to breathe as forest fires burned. Birds fled port as the Mamen refined heat caused further disruption and fatigue among sailors.
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Thomas Bartum
Hubert Fulton
Columbus Dispatch
One Wing Peddler Sells Slippers in New York Cafe
A quirky street story describes One Wing entering a New York cafe to peddle Chinese slippers, tooth powder, handkerchiefs, and kimonos. He wheels a basket and offers a buyer forty dollars for a queue, while another man explains the inability to part with the queue and his rights to return home.
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New York
A Post Appreciated Poem Feedback
Mr. Cumrox praises Alfred Aus in's poems noting they invite family literary conversation. He says he enjoys roasting them, and feels safe joining in with his mother and the girls.
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Alfred Ausin
Mr. Cumrox
Campaign Ban Message From Fractured Dialogue
A fragmented cartoon caption shows a candidate and spouse in a tense exchange about campaign ethics. The odd phrasing hints at circulating rumors and a suggestion to consult a book, with a nod to the campaign team called on by “sieiesen 8 Gam Shel.”
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Irene
Sieiesen
Sienés
Rescue of Mayflower Crew After Atlantic Hurricane
Amid a hurricane off Baltimore the Mayflower capsized with 6,000 pounds of dynamite aboard. Five Harvard men and seven crew members clung to the hull for two days before rescuers aboard the Hippolyte Dumois towed them to safety.
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Baltimore
May
Weat In- Hea
Harvard Soldiers of Fortune
Hippolyte Dumois
Defender
America’s Coy
Atlantic
Hippolyte Dumota
Hove
Aleh
Thylee
Harvard
West Indies
Boy Survives Ice Cold Well Rescue After Hour Struggle
In Bayville E C Pausewang’s year old son fell into an old bricked well 20 feet deep and three feet wide. He clawed upward through bricks then reached the top exhausted but conscious. He borrowed strength to grab the chicken he’d been sent for and was carried home mud stained and exhausted.
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Bayville
Clarence
Willam
Jorseph Hopkins
Chase
Lost Two Days in Canyon Near El Paso
Louis Brown of St. Louis and his sister Snally were lost for nearly two days in the Sierra Madre mountains near El Paso Texas. A Mexican guide led them astray as they sought a way out, they wandered rugged canyons and, after long hours of fatigue, found shelter and aid from their rescuers.
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Louis
Sierra Madre
EL Paso
Tex
J. Mo Brown
St. Louis
Snally
Miss Brown
Los Angeles
Mise Brown
Juares
Mexico
Paso
Juaves
Conscience Fund Receives Hidden Portland Remittance
In Portland Oregon an entry records John Caples and Forest Hhare merchants receiving two holy remittances from a delinquent creditor in Washington. The funds settle a 35 year old unpaid bill linked to a wool sale and a missing payment, with the debtor then sending double the owed amount to settle the debt and avoid further action.
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Portland
Ore
Conscience
John Caples
Forest
Washington
Caplin
Oregon
Fights for Lifes of Pirates After Hurricanes
The drift of a stormy tale tells how Pierre Mig and other captains seek safe harbor after a dire plank crisis near Daan. Bienel theecanmatert and Archomery are noted figures aboard the Ashing schooner ten. The Hamburg hurricane from Wirwe Hillis battered Grand bande ta years, leaving survivors like The drewster.
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Pierre
Mig
Daan
Bienel
Archomery
Drewster
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Mba
Wah
Red
Kew
Head OF Irrigation Congress
Arsto
George E. Barstow
Albuquerque
W. Patton
York
Panama Rail Road
Hippolyte Dunit
Ran
Marine
Adrianne
Port Arthur
Jamaica
Haltimones
Ray
Joy
Danielson
Alan Dowd
Lad
Hen
Canyon
Louis Man
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